Port Blair, May 22: The areas of Bambooflat, Hopetown, Shorepoint, Stewartgunj, Nayapuram, Kanyapuram, Wimberlygunj (part), Jadakachang & Govindpuram were designated as Containment Zone in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

As per the updated containment plan for large outbreaks, Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019, issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, containment operation will be scaled down, if no secondary laboratory confurmed COVID-19 case is reported from geographic quarantine zone for atleast four weeks after the last confirmed test has been isolated and all his contacts have been followed up for 28 days.

Since the last positive case for COVID-19 was detected on 25th April 2020 in the containment areas mentioned, the containment operations shall hereby be scaled down in Containment Zone of Bambooflat, Hopetown, Shorepoint, Stewartgunj, Nayapuram, Kanyapuram, Wimberlygunj (part), Jadakachang & Govindpuram from 23rd May 2020, an Order No. 521 from the District Magistrate, South Andaman stated.